A spokesperson for Cuomo said that the "technical software error" had been remedied and the adequate documentation was provided to the city's campaign finance board. However, the campaign won't be able to receive matching funds until the next allocation period beginning May 12. (GETTY IMAGES/FOX NEWS)
"Our campaign officially announced on March 1, and within 13 days, proudly raised an unprecedented $1.5 million, including $330,000 in matchable funds, from more than 2,800 donors. This surpassed the campaign finance board's threshold for qualifying for matching funds by the filing deadline of March 13. Since the last filing deadline on March 13, the campaign has amassed an additional $1 million, totaling over $2.5 million raised from over 4,100 individuals," Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi said in a statement.
"Last Friday, the campaign was informed by the campaign finance board that, due to a technical software error, contributions collected on one of our vendor platforms, NGP, were missing one of the fields required by the Campaign Finance Board, and so while we met the thresholds necessary to receive matching funds, the campaign had to remedy this technical matter."
Azzopardi noted that the "technical software error" had been remedied and the adequate documentation was provided to the city's campaign finance board. However, the campaign won't be able to receive matching funds until the next payment period beginning May 12.
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Nearly every other top mayoral candidate received payouts Tuesday, according to Politico. However, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams found himself denied $4.5 million in matching funds over the same reasons Cuomo did, in addition to other bookkeeping and compliance mistakes.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering making a return to politics as Mayor Eric Adams faces calls to step down after being indicted. (Getty Images)
Polling from Siena College found Cuomo as the front-runner among Democrats, but Adams was not included in the survey results as he will be running for reelection as an Independent.
Adams was facing a federal corruption investigation until the Trump administration stepped in and got the case dismissed. As a result of the investigation, one of the NYCCFB's members, Richard Davis, has recused himself from voting on any matters related to Adams after writing an editorial earlier this year in which he slammed President Donald Trump's Justice Department for intervening in the Adams case, referring to the move as "ludicrous."
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Adams was also denied publicly matched funds during the NYCCFB's last round of payments announced on March 17.
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